[Asterisk-Users] beginner's question!

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Tuesday 13 May 2003 09:14 am, Dave Alan Caruana wrote:
> What exactly is a SIP provider? is this essential? Leaving the line
> as it was in the sample config file, asterisk crashes the machine
> after trying to read the SIP.conf (Crashes to the extent that the
> machine freezes .. )

If you have a dynamic IP, then registering is necessary in order for
inbound calls to find you (at whatever IP you are today).  If you have
a static IP (and you use that IP in your SIP address), then you should
not need to register with a SIP registrar.

-Tilghman